ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,537, issued on May 27.
"Toilet seat and lid system and method" was invented by Peter Mayr (Piesendorf, Austria) and Watschinger Karl (Kaprum, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toilet seat, system and method including hinge sleeves and a clamping element. The toilet seat being configured to be pushed or pushed open from a same side with the hinge sleeves on a hinge. The toilet seat in a first position is configured to be pushed onto the hinge that is coaxially with the toilet seat and rotatable to a rotation axis of the hinge. The clamping element can feature two bearing tabs protruding therefrom that are configured to secure t...